validate text field for alpha input only?

[MUSC Webmaster]

How do I validate a field to make sure that the user's input was/is only
case-insensitive alpha characters?

I have tried playing around with pattern and mask attributes, but haven't been
100% satisfied with my attempts. I also read somewhere (can't remember where)
that it is better to do this type of validation in the <cfparam> tag. If that
is true, how do I go about that?

Here is an example of some code below:

<cfinput name="lname" type="text" size="20" maxlength="20" required="yes"
message="Last Name is a required field." validate="regex"
pattern="[A-Za-z]{2,}" />

Suggestions anyone?

Cheers!
James Webb

[Jfill]

Try the the CFValidator 1.1 on this page. [url]http://www.javier-julio.com/coldfusion/downloads/[/url]

Here is the sample: [url]http://www.javier-julio.com/Test/Validator/index.cfm[/url]

Seems pretty good.